Jennifer 8. Lee - Famous Chinese Americans

Jennifer 8. Lee (Chinese name: ) (born 1976) is an American journalist. She wrote for various sections of The New York Times for several years. She left the Times on December 9, 2009 upon accepting a buyout package.

Lee was born in New York City to immigrants from Kinmen, an island off the coast of China's Fujian province. She graduated from Hunter College High School and Harvard College (class of 1999). She interned at The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Newsday and The New York Times while working on her applied mathematics and economics degree and writing for The Harvard Crimson. She joined the Times in 2001, one and a half years after graduating from Harvard.

Lee was not given a middle name at birth, but instead chose "8." as a teenager. For many Chinese , the number eight symbolizes prosperity and good luck .

Lee wrote a book about the history of Chinese food in the United States and around the world, titled The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, documenting the process on her blog. Warner Books editor Jonathan Karp struck a deal with Lee to write a book about "how Chinese food is more all-American than apple pie." She appeared on The Colbert Report to promote the book. The book was #26 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Lee has served on the advisory panel for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's "News Challenge", and has assisted the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, dealing with the press and with social networking sites. She helped the organization with its April 2010 release of a video showing the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike.

New York Times archive of Lee's articles

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles ??? Jennifer 8. Lee's book blog

Ask a Reporter: Jennifer 8. Lee

Nu Shortcuts in School R 2 Much 4 Teachers an article by Jennifer 8. Lee

Jennifer 8. Lee hunts for General Tso at the 2008 Taste3 Conference, video courtesy TED Partner Series

Lee, Jennifer 8. " In Chinatowns, All Sojourners Can Feel Hua ". New York Times pp. B29, B37. (January 27, 2006). Hua means Chinese. Huabu means Chinatown. Huaqiao means Chinese sojourners ( overseas Chinese). Lee celebrates the Chinatowns in her hometown, New York City.

Nugent, Katherine. "New York Times Reporter Tells Students to Ask the Right Questions." , Medill School of Jourmalism . (November 22, 2005)

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